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Rhetoric vs. Reality: Setting the Record Straight on Medication Abortion

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americanprogress.org | By Nora Ellman and Jamila Taylor | June 10, 2019

The Center for American Progress published this article to dispel many of the misconceptions about medical abortions that arise due to political rhetoric and media coverage. While dense, this article provides detailed and up to date information (June 2019) regarding the safety and efficacy of medication abortions as well as the barriers to accessing this medical care.

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Induced Abortion in the United States

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This is a Fact Sheet full of contextualizing statistics about induced abortion in the US. It is created and published by the the Guttmacher Institute, which is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and globally. It describes the decreasing abortion rate since 1973, the demographics of the population that has abortions, the relative prevalence of medical vs. surgical abortion, and also contains some information about insurance coverage for abortion.

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What actually happens when you have an abortion

Here’s what actually happens when you have an abortion
IFL Science

This video, made by AsapSCIENCE provides a brief, yet informative, overview of the types of abortion procedures available, their relative safety, and how they are performed.
This video is fantastic as a primer, but there are several points we should clarify that aren’t totally correct any more:

  • Medical abortion is effective (and FDA-approved) up to 70 days of pregnancy, which is 10 weeks gestational age. (The video says 49 days, which used to be true up until 2016.)
  • Unlike the video says, a ‘curette’ is not actually used in a pregnancy-related D&C procedure (1:11 mark). This is an outdated means of performing an abortion or removing miscarriage tissue, and carries a higher rate of complications. In modern-day surgical abortion, there is no ‘curette’ used (only a suction cannula), and there is no “scraping” the uterus as patients often ask.